Queen honours 'Big Paul' in Diamond Jubilee honours list

A long-standing servant of the Queen who features in the spoof Bond film made for the 2012 Olympics opening ceremony is one of a number of people to be recognised in her Diamond Jubilee honours list.

Paul Whybrew, the Queen's page, who greets
Bond star Daniel Craig at Buckingham Palace and introduces him to the Queen -
"Mr Bond, Your Majesty" - is made Lieutenant of the Royal Victorian
Order (LVO).

The 6ft 4in page known as Big Paul has
worked for the Queen for more than 30 years and is honoured alongside her
personal assistant and senior dresser Angela Kelly who is also made an LVO.

Miss Kelly, who organises the Queen's
wardrobe, designed the dress and coat the Queen wore at the wedding of the Duke
and Duchess of Cambridge.

The Queen has also honoured her senior
correspondence officer at Buckingham Palace, Sonia Bonici, who oversaw
responses to tens of thousands of letters during the Diamond Jubilee, and is
made a Member of the Royal Victorian Order (MVO).

A number of key figures in the
organisation and coverage of the Diamond Jubilee celebrations earlier this year
are also recognised. They include Ben Weston, BBC executive director of the
Diamond Jubilee Weekend, who is made an LVO.

Mr Weston was forced to defend the BBC's
coverage of the Diamond Jubilee river pageant after complaints from the public.
He said the corporation did its "best on an extraordinarily technically
complicated" day.

Also picking up honours are Robert
Williams, who produced the Diamond Jubilee concert at Buckingham Palace, and
Frances MacLeod, head of the Diamond Jubilee unit at the Department for
Culture, Media and Sport, both of whom are made a Commander of the Royal
Victorian Order.

Adrian Evans, pageant master for the
Thames Diamond Jubilee Pageant, is made an LVO and John Bridcut, the filmmaker
responsible for the programme A Jubilee Tribute To The Queen By The Prince Of
Wales, is made an MVO.

Chief Superintendent Julia Pendry,
Metropolitan Police operational and tactical commander during the jubilee
celebrations, is made an MVO.

Bruno Peek, from Norfolk and pageant
master for the Diamond Jubilee Beacons, is made an LVO and Peter Stewart, of
the Eden Project in Cornwall and director of the Big Jubilee Lunch, is made an
MVO.

The Royal Victorian Order was founded in
1896 by Queen Victoria as a way of rewarding personal service to her, on her
own initiative rather than by ministerial recommendation.